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At last, the portrait of Tanzania’s founding president and one of
the pioneers of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) – later renamed
African Union (AU) – Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, is back at the reception
gallery of the Union’s headquarters in Addis Ababa.

Tanzania
– and most of Africa – had ‘taken to arms’ during the Union’s 19th
Ordinary Session over what was described as ‘’notable absence of
Mwalimu’s portrait in the lineup of OAU pioneers in the new AU
headquarters and demanded an immediate reinstatement.

Foreign Minister Bernard Membe
and Ambassador to Ethiopia Joram Biswaro had led the campaign last July
that was supported by most African countries. Rising on a point of
information during an AU ambassadors’ meeting on the sidelines of the
summit, Tanzania’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, Mr Joram Biswalo, had expressed concern over the omission of Mwalimu’s portrait in the lineup.

He had called for an immediate
reinstatement. An explanation that the portrait lineup represented
African zones – and that Emperor Haile Selassie, represented others in
‘their’ zone, including Tanzania, had failed to convince the Tanzanian delegation, compelling it to press hard on the matter.

The rest of Africa supported Tanzania.
Dr Biswaro’s concern was shared by several speakers from other African
countries who felt that it was not right to exclude Mwalimu Nyerere from
the portrait lineup of pioneers of the continental body, geographical
representation or not, judging from the Tanzanian leader’s key role in
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THE HAGUE, Netherland, January 16, 2013/ -- ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda (http://www.icc-cpi.int)
today formally opened an investigation into alleged crimes committed on
the territory of Mali since January 2012. This decision is the result
of the preliminary examination of the Situation in Mali that the Office
had been conducting since July 2012.

“Since
the beginning of the armed conflict in January 2012, the people of
Northern Mali have been living in profound turmoil” said Prosecutor
Bensouda. “At each stage during the conflict, different armed groups
have caused havoc and human suffering through a range of alleged acts of
extreme violence. I have determined that some of these deeds of
brutality and destruction may constitute war crimes as defined by the
Rome Statute”

Following
the referral of the Situation in Mali by the Malian State, the Office
may investigate and prosecute any crime within the ICC jurisdiction
committed on the territory of Mali since January 2012. In the course of
the preliminary examination, the Office has identified potential cases
of sufficient gravity to warrant further action.

Prosecutor
Bensouda has determined that there is a reasonable basis to believe the
following crimes were committed: (i) murder; (ii) mutilation, cruel
treatment and torture; (iii) intentionally directing attacks against
protected objects; (iv) the passing of sentences and the carrying out of
executions without previous judgement pronounced by a regularly
constituted court; (v) pillaging, and (vi) rape.

“My
Office will ensure a thorough and impartial investigation and will
bring justice to Malian victims by investigating who are the most
responsible for these alleged crimes”.

Based
on the information gathered to date, the investigation will focus on
crimes committed in the three northern regions of Mali.

“There
is still turmoil in North Mali and populations there continue to be at
risk of yet more violence and suffering” said Prosecutor Bensouda.
“Justice can play its part in supporting the joint efforts of the
ECOWAS, the AU and the entire international community to stop the
violence and restore peace to the region. Key regional and international
organizations have acknowledged the need for justice as part of the
resolution of the crisis in Mali. The international crimes committed in
Mali have deeply shocked the conscience of humanity.”

Distributed by the African Press Organization on behalf of the International Criminal Court.

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